Brea chats with Jamie Saam about what her life looks like transitioning out of the role of Executive Director of Batavia MainStreet. We find out some of Jamie's secrets to staying sane while running Bulldog Plumbing with her husband, raising a family, and staying super involved in the community. They also debunk some of the confusion around the upcoming Home Rule referendum on the ballot in Batavia and deep dive into how to have your voice heard in Batavia.

Brea chats with Melissa Monno about grand adventures, making friends on the road, and self-care in the latest episode of River Town Life. Melissa owns River's Edge, a Batavia watering hole and dining establishment. In her free time she travels with her German Shepard Dante on her Ural sidecar motorcycle.

In this eposode Brea chats with Dani Hollis. Dani is a fellow Batavian, Exectutive Director of Water Street Studios and great friend to Brea. They discuss energy and 'woo woo' things, growing up and then moving back to Batavia, and queering the suburbs.

It’s not everyday I get to interview a Rock Star for a podcast. Ryan Carney is a talented, intelligent, awesome human. We are gonna talk about how music heals and rewires the brain. I’m glad to call him a friend and collaborator.

Tens of thousands of people in the Chicagoland area are victims of sex and labor trafficking each year. Even here in the Fox Valley. We talk with three advocates to learn about the resources available to these survivors and what we can do to help.

In this episode we head to The Salt Escape in Batavia to talk with owner Tim Bradley. Tim is a retired firefighter and expert on all things salt. We talk about his personal story, the history of salt caves dating back to the era of Cleopatra, and how this simple mineral has incredible transformational properties both physically and spiritually. It’s food AND medicine.

Episode Two of Siren Sound Cafe is a discussion on the immense benefits of Sound Healing with renowned yoga practitioner Jenny Jagatjeet Bergold. Jenny’s twenty-plus years of experience brings deep knowledge and insight into how sound has the ability to soothe the brain and the body.

On the first episode of Siren Sound Cafe we welcome Stephanie Krantz, the perinatal education coordinator at Delnor and Central Dupage Hospitals. Stephanie and I chat about Motherhood, trauma, and the postpartum support groups she facilitates. We discuss the stigma there is on new motherhood, and the difficulties associated, yet often suppressed. Stephanie educates us on her own personal experience and how to navigate through motherhood, postpartum depression, and how to find support as a new mom.

Brea chats with her new husband James Cardis about their life and love of living in Batavia. Brea also discusses her decision to close the brick and mortar shop and gives a sneak peek of what she sees in her future.

Enjoy Episode 096, wherein I speak with personal chef Quenby Schuyler about her life thus far: growing up on a farm in West Chicago; snowboarding and organic mountain farming in Colorado; cooking as a private chef in Chicago; suffering a life-threatening stroke just days after giving birth to her daughter; and learning that she might be the love child of a Hollywood icon.